Nightmare stared at me. I looked away, knowing that this was more than likely  the end of our relationship. This was a big risk, but I was willing to take it.

"I understand if you don't want to be with me anymore..." I said quietly.

But to my surprise, Nightmare pulled me closer to him and kissed me. I was caught off guard and blushed brightly, my cheeks glowed bright pink. I kiss him back as he wrapped his arms around me. He pulled back and looked into my eyes.

"Springlock, why would I not want to be with you? You're the best thing to ever happen to me." Nightmare whispered.

"I thought that if you saw that I was the wanted bunny, you'd want to be rid of me..." I said as my ears drooped.

"Why would I care what animatronic you are? You're the one who took me under your wing after my treacherous past, and you're the one who allowed me to love you. I don't care if you're the one Megatron desires, I'll protect you with my life." Nightmare purred into my ear.

"Thank you..." I hugged him tightly.

Nightmare laid down, pulling me on top of him. I giggled as my bunny ears smacked him in the process, he had a mischievous look on his face and I was blushing madly. He put a hand on the back of my head and pulled me in for another kiss. We stayed like this for a good minute and a half until I pulled back with a yawn, I rolled off of Nightmare.

"You seem tired, Spring." He said.

"I am, I just need to rest." I yawned again and closed my eyes.

I felt Nightmare cover me with the blanket, I opened my eyes to see him lay next to me. I smiled at him as his red eyes stared into my red and purple eyes. He put his clawed hand on the side of my bunny face, I closed my eyes once again. I started feeling drowsy and drifted off to sleep.

~3 days later~

I stand in front of the mirror, staring at the burn mark the Decepticon scientist gave me almost 20 years ago. The day NightShade had freed me from being Megatron's little pet/power source. He killed my father right in front of my eyes, stole me from my home only to use my heart for his own selfish desires.

He is the reason "Spring" disappeared, and Springlock was born. I'm sure he's heard of my alias by now, but I am not concerned. Although I'm still sure the bounty hunter is suspicious of me, Nightmare won't let him get anywhere near me unless I'm in my chamber, where no one is allowed to enter but myself and Nightmare.

I gently stroke my clawed fingers against the scar alongside the right side of my face, it's still tender after all these years. How I wish I could get rid of it, but I've tried several times to remove it and nothing had worked. My maroon optic glowed brightly next to my bright blue eye, which also seemed to have a slightly dimmer glow.

I continued looking at my strange facial features. But I hadn't noticed the door to my room was open, nor had I noticed who was standing there. A deep chuckle had snapped me from my train of thought, I gasped and spun around. All words escape me as he stepped in and the door swished closed behind him. I had backed up against the table below my mirror, there is not much room here.

"So my suspicions were correct, you ARE the one we've been searching for." Lockdown took out one of his daggers.

"The one you've been looking for has been gone for almost 2 decades. And I've taken her place." I growled.

"You? You only changed your appearance, your name and you only hide behind a mask. You believe you're so fierce when really, you're terrified and fearful of losing everyone you care about. I've seen it before." He stepped closer.

Unfortunately, he's right. I am terrified. I'm scared I'm not leading my crew the way I should. I'm scared that I'm not strong enough to defeat the Decepticons. I'm scared that I'll never see my mother ever again...

"Now be cooperative, you don't want your 'crew' to find out your secret, do you?" He said.

I thought about it for a minute. Now it shouldn't matter that my crew finds out, it never mattered in the first place if they knew. I didn't want them know because I was scared they would turn me in. But now that doesn't matter, if I don't do something now, I'll be going back there anyway.

"I'm not going ANYWHERE." I said with an angry tone.

His battle mask covered his face and he threw the dagger at me, I quickly sidestepped and the dagger shattered my mirror. I growled and brought my mask to me with my telekinesis, I quickly put it on as he took out a gun. My weapons are in the vault and that's far from here. My claws are the only weapons I have, they will have to do. He launches towards me with his gun and I once again get out of his way.

I growled and swiped my claws at him full force, I managed to leave a few deep gashes on his shoulderblade. He made no indication that what I did hurt him, he faced me. Lockdown threw a hard punch at my face, it hit my mask on the left side. I recoiled from the hit and I slammed into the wall, hitting my head very hard. My vision became blurry as I slid down the wall and onto the floor, I then noticed fragments of purple glass on the floor. Part of my mask had been shattered from how hard he struck me. I slowly looked up at him as he approached me, my vision still blurry.

"Say goodnight, 'Springlock'." He said as he used his weapon on me, I was electrocuted. I blacked out.

~A few hours later~

I begin to open my eyes. A pale blue light above shines down on me, even with the light it's rather dim in this room. Wait, where am I now? The last thing I remember is-oh NO. I look around, I recognize the color scheme and wall patterns from almost 2 decades ago. Even with the room being somewhat dim, I can see everything in this room. I go to walk towards the door, but I can't even walk forward an inch. I look up to see shackles on my wrists, the chain links coming from the ceiling.

"No...no no no no No No NO NO!!!" I began panicking.

I yank as hard as I can on the chain links, but they don't budge. I'm actually in real trouble, I can't escape this time. I felt my heart start racing faster and faster... NO, I need to calm myself. I begab taking deep breaths, they start out rapid but soon begin to gradually slow down. I will be alright, for now. I then noticed my mask sitting on a crate next to the door, my face is visible.

I looked down at the floor with tears in my eyes, I was weak if I ended up back here. The door swished open and I heard heavy footsteps enter, I refused to look up. HIS shadow was right I  front of me, but I still didn't dare to look at him.

"A long time ago, I had a child here on this warship. This child was rather small, barely an adolescent. She didn't appear like much, but she was remarkably useful. Barely a week had passed and she was taken by a rebellious fox, and as they escaped the child was shot and should have been killed instantly. But she wasn't." Megatron circled around me.

I didn't say anything, nor did I look up.

"Some time later, she disappeared without a trace. But what the child didn't know, was that she had a traitor among her crew who summoned a bounty hunter and his men." He continued.

My eyes widened. A traitor among my crew? But that's impossible, I know all of them and they would never take action against me if they knew what was good for them. I clench my fists as I thought of who it could have been. His finger went under my chin, lifting up my head to actually look at him. His glowing red eyes met my blue and red.

"You've made quite a name for yourself, Springlock. One of the toughest and fierce commanders out there, I can only imagine what your adoptive family thinks of you now." He said with a chuckle.

"You killed my-" I stopped, "Adoptive family?"

He nodded and stepped back, "You really think you're one of those creatures? A bipedal animal?"

"Animatronic. And what else would I be? One of you?" I asked with a snarky tone.

He said nothing as he gave me a wicked grin. No...that can't be true. I can't be a Con, it's just not possible. I don't remember anything regarding them before they took me away from Haven.

"No, you're lying." I growled.

"If you don't believe me, then you can ask someone else." He said.

The door opened again. In came an older looking, red bunny animatronic. I recognized her immediately.

"Mother..? You're alive..?" I couldn't believe it.

She sighed, "I'm sorry, Spring. But I was never your mother."

My eyes widened.

"What are you talking about?" I asked.

"Your father and I did adopt you. But you were never truly our child, for we knew someone would come to find you. And the day you were taken away, was the day you were brought back to your true father." She explained.

"My true...father..?" I was dumbfounded, in disbelief, overwhelmed and confused.

"Spring.....Megatron is your true father." My mother said.